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Related: About this forumThis is what Asian honey bees do to combat Murder Hornets.
Unlike their European cousins, Asian bees have adapted to invasions by these awful giant wasps.
It's amazing to me that the Asian bees learned this survival tactic over time. Did they have a hive meeting to spitball ideas? How many tactics failed miserably before they discovered that they can withstand temperatures of 118° while their adversary can only take 115°? The bees just need a chance to cover the hornet enmasse and vibrate wildly, causing friction and heat. This is what happens to one hornet advance scout out looking for a hive to victimize.
Trigger warning: if anyone was a murder hornet in a previous life, this Nat Geo clip could cause anxiety and depression. For the rest of us, it's one less murder hornet left to scourge the earth.
blm
(113,126 posts)Bayard
(22,199 posts)Wonder if they just wall him off in the nest then?
tblue37
(65,506 posts)intrepidity
(7,346 posts)Delarage
(2,186 posts)And keep them together until they all have COVID-19?
Actually, Trump's typical poor planning and disregard for others left his murder MAGATs trapped in the freezing cold. So maybe we don't need to intervene